An blog posting in the New York Times reviews a report that focuses on the deaths of children from fire and burns.

The report comes from the New York City Child Fatality Review Team and has some interesting findings.

“Injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of death among children from ages 1 to 12 during this six-year period covered by the report, followed by fires and burn deaths, which were the leading causes of death of children at home. Nationally, car accidents also account for most of the deaths within the same age group, with fires and burns ranking third, behind drowning. “

There were smoke detectors in nearly half of the 43 homes where fatal fires occurred, but in one-fifth of those homes, the smoke detectors were not working. In some of the remaining homes, there were no smoke detectors, while in others, the damage was such that fire investigators were unable to tell if there was one.

Those are only a few of the items contained in the report which also gives recommendations for many of the city departments as well as parents.

See original article: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/report-details-child-deaths-from-fires-and-burns/�